Suspect in UNH murder case moved to another jail

Monday

Dec 31, 2012 at 3:15 AM

By Michelle Kingstonmkingston@fosters.com

PORTSMOUTH — Kathryn McDonough has been moved to Hillsborough County Jail in Manchester.

According to Sergeant Warden at the Rockingham County Department of Corrections, it was “standard protocol” to move McDonough, as the jail, located in Brentwood, “typically does not house women after they have been arraigned.”

McDonough, 19, of Portsmouth, was charged on Christmas Eve with one felony count of hindering apprehension or prosecution and one felony count of conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension or prosecution. Both charges are Class B felonies, each carrying a sentence of up to 7 years in prison.

Her charges are in relation to the disappearance of Elizabeth Marriott, a University of New Hampshire student who went missing on Oct. 9. McDonough allegedly lied to police during an Oct. 12 interview in Newington and gave a false alibi as to where she was on the night Marriott went missing. According to a court document, McDonough allegedly agreed with her boyfriend, murder suspect in the case, Seth Mazzaglia, to “cause the commission of the crime of hindering apprehension or prosecution.” Mazzaglia, 30, was charged with second degree murder in October for strangling or suffocating Marriott inside his apartment earlier this year.

At her arraignment in Derry District Court last week, McDonough was ordered held on $35,000 cash bail or corporate surety.